9:03 AM ET Serena Williams‘ drive to earn Grand Slam singles title No. 24, thereby equaling the all-time record held by Margaret Court, will begin next week at the fan-free US Open. The tournament will be unlike any major that she, or any other tennis pro, has ever experienced. This radical and unexpected development caused
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2:57 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR drivers do not plan to skip Saturday night’s race at Daytona International Speedway to raise awareness of social and racial injustices in the wake of another police shooting of a Black man, this time in Wisconsin. Bubba Wallace, the only full-time Black driver in the elite
2:08 PM ET Former light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Smith and up-and-comer Aleksandar Rakic both successfully made weight for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event. Smith (33-15) was 205 pounds, while Rakic (12-2) came in slightly heavier at 205.5 during the UFC’s official weigh-in Friday inside its Apex facility in Las Vegas. The fight will
2:05 PM ET The NHL is investigating an anonymous allegation toward former Florida Panthers GM Dale Tallon for conduct while in the Toronto bubble, deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed to ESPN. FloridaHockeyNow first reported the incident, claiming Tallon used a racial slur. Daly would only confirm that the alleged comment did involve race. Florida parted
12:53 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Michele Roberts released a joint statement Friday announcing that the NBA playoffs will resume Saturday, and that the NBA and its players will work together on several initiatives to promote voting access and combat
Last updated on 28 August 202028 August 2020.From the section Cycling Ineos Grenadiers rider Luke Rowe says his team-mate Geraint Thomas can return to the Tour de France in 2021 and challenge for the yellow jersey. Ineos Grenadiers will focus on last year’s winner Egan Bernal and 2019 Giro d’Italia victor Richard Carapaz. “Next year,
11:03 AM ET Moises Llorens Sam Marsden Manchester City are confident Lionel Messi would snub any other approach to join them if Barcelona soften their stance and decide to negotiate the sale of the six-time Ballon d’Or winner, sources have told ESPN. Paris Saint-Germain have expressed an interest in signing Messi, too, and sources have
Rohit Sharma landed in the UAE with his family on August 21.© Instagram Rohit Sharma, who will lead Mumbai Indians in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League, took to Instagram to share an adorable picture with his daughter Samaira before he left for training in the United Arab Emirates. Samaira gave her father
11:25 AM ET Associated Press The NHL’s second-round playoff series will resume with three games each on Saturday and Sunday after players prompted the league to postpone two days of action to protest racial injustice. In the NHL’s Eastern Conference hub city of Toronto, Tampa Bay and Boston will play Game 4 of their series
9:45 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders After a double-dip of racing that saw Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick come away with victories last weekend in Dover, the NASCAR Cup Series heads back to Daytona for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET). It’s the final race before the playoffs. Who will take
9:00 AM ET Football is back on ESPN this weekend, and it’s not just college football being played. The high school prospects are also going to be in the spotlight in the ESPN Geico High School Football Kickoff. It starts with two games Friday, including St. Paul’s (Alabama) taking on Spanish Fort (Alabama), followed by
7:00 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — Before knowing that the coronavirus pandemic would sweep the country, Kevin Stefanski knew he needed to go meet his quarterback. The new Cleveland Browns head coach phoned his father, a front-office executive with the Detroit Pistons, to inform him he was headed to Austin, Texas, the following morning to
Cameron Champ addresses social justice issues as PGA Tour plays on Cameron Champ had the word “equality” written on the right side of his Nike hat and wore a black Nike shoe on his left foot and a white Nike shoe on his right with the words “Papa Champ, Black Lives Matter and Breonna Taylor.”
Defending champion Egan Bernal says pain from a back injury is bothering him on the eve of the Tour de France. However, the Colombian was forced to withdraw early from the Criterium du Dauphine on 15 August with a bad back. “I hope during the Tour to be working hard and trying to recover, especially
This development has forced CSK to extend the quarantine period for the touring party till September 1.© AFP Chennai Super Kings’ preparations for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season have run into complications after it emerged that a bowler and some staff members of the franchise tested positive for COVID-19. Due to the development
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fastest in second practice at the Belgian Grand Prix, with Daniel Ricciardo’s Renault also ahead of the Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton was third fastest as the top three were separated by only 0.096 seconds. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was down in sixth, behind Red Bull’s Alexander Albon and Racing Point’s Sergio Perez.
8:23 AM ET Steve KimESPN Three televised shows, highlighted by unified junior welterweight titlist Jose Ramirez taking on Viktor Postol, will take place on Saturday — and all three main events carry title implications. First scheduled for China on Feb. 1, then in Fresno, California, on May 9, Ramirez-Postol will finally take place at the
8:38 AM ET The NHL postponed all playoff games on Thursday and Friday to stand in solidarity with other sports leagues protesting racial injustice, including the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake. This decision came after the league took some criticism for playing all three playoff games on Wednesday as scheduled, while games in other